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Opinion: House Tax Bill Won’t Save Most Small Businesses Money

11/02/2017

AccountingWeb

Topics:

Tax and Budget Reform

The following is a statement from Small Business Majority Founder & CEO John Arensmeyer on why tax legislation released today by the U.S. House of Representatives will increase the deficit without helping small firms.

The tax legislation released today by Republican leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives may be advertised as a windfall for small businesses, but in reality would be little more than a $1.5 trillion expenditure that would not pay off for Main Street.

Mnuchin, small business groups clash over tax plan benefits

Additionally, the founder and CEO of the Small Business Majority said the legislation would significantly increase the deficit without bringing any tangible benefits to America’s small businesses.

“Today’s tax proposals are being billed by many as ‘small business tax cuts,’ but as the research shows, they won't actually help the vast majority of small firms,” John Arensmeyer said in a statement.

53,000 Colorado Women Face Rollback of Birth Control Benefits

11/01/2017

Public News Service

Topics:

Healthcare, Wellness, Women's Economic Empowerment

A survey of women who own small businesses found that many see access to birth control as a critical factor for career advancement and launching companies. Emily Dewey, outreach manager for the Small Business Majority, which commissioned the poll, said access to affordable birth control is more than a health issue.

Small Businesses Support Equality in Masterpiece Case

10/30/2017

Common Dreams

Topics:

LGBT Nondiscrimination

A 2015 poll from Small Business Majority, the Center for American Progress, and American Unity Fund found: Two-thirds of small business owners don’t believe businesses should be able to deny goods or services to LGBT people based solely on their religious beliefs.

SMALL VS. LARGE

10/26/2017

Politico

Topics:

Tax and Budget Reform

The lion’s share of small businesses — nearly 85 percent — that responded to a poll for Small Business Majority believe large corporations unfairly benefit from current tax laws compared to smaller companies. But about three-quarters are in favor of a one-time, 10 percent tax on overseas profits booked abroad to avoid the top corporate rate of 35 percent, as long as lawmakers eliminate the so-called lockout effect going forward. Reducing health care costs ranked atop respondents’ wish list for Congress to work on, ahead of taxes. The poll, conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research for...

What Really Helps Women Succeed at Work? Access to Birth Control.

10/17/2017

Slate

Topics:

Healthcare, Women's Economic Empowerment

A new poll out from Small Business Majority surveyed more than 500 female entrepreneurs and found that more than half of the women (56 percent) say that access to birth control and the ability to decide if and when to have children allowed them to advance in their careers and start their businesses. Women-led small businesses are one of the fastest-growing segments of the economy, projected to create about one-third of all new jobs between 2010 and 2018.

Small businesses need paid leave

10/17/2017

The News & Observer

Topics:

Family Medical Leave Insurance, Workforce Issues

A scientific poll by the Small Business Majority and the Center for American Progress in March of this year showed that a whopping 70 percent of small-business owners support the idea of a policy that would provide employees with access to paid time off for personal or family medical situations. Paid family medical leave also has the support of a large and bipartisan majority of the general American public.

Not all small business organizations were supportive of the executive order. John Arensmeyer of the Small Business Majority criticized the order, saying it was bad for small business. “While President Trump’s order would make it easier for a few select small businesses with younger and/or healthier employees to purchase association health plans that might be cheaper in other states,” he stressed, “the tradeoff is that this would result in the emergence of parallel insurance markets for small businesses, leading to major spikes in premiums for small firms that remain in the small-group...

Exclusive: Majority of female small business owners say birth control key to professional success

10/13/2017

Yahoo Health

Topics:

Healthcare, Women's Economic Empowerment

The Trump administration moved last week to make it easier for employers to deny their workers contraception coverage. But according to new research, one group of employers feels very strongly about the need for birth control coverage: women.

New polling conducted by Small Business Majority, an organization that advocates for policy solutions that bolster the economy, female small business owners not only support birth control coverage but also cite it as a critical factor in their own ability to advance their careers and start their businesses.

National Monument Policy Fight Moves to Congress

10/13/2017

Daily Yonder

Topics:

Public Lands

“Rather than undermining the Antiquities Act and putting federally-protected lands in jeopardy, Washington should be focusing on creating new parks, expanding outdoor recreational opportunities and helping protect the public lands that draw in visitors and give an economic boost to their communities,” John Arensmeyer, founder and CEO of Small Business Majority, stated in an email.

“Small business owners—who account for nearly half of all private-sector employment in this country—understand the connection between the preservation of public lands and the benefit that brings to their...

What Trump’s Health Care Order Means For Small Businesses

10/13/2017

Nav

Topics:

Healthcare

Small Business Majority also warns that these plans may result in higher costs for small businesses that choose to remain in the small-group market, saying in a statement that “The tradeoff is that this would result in the emergence of parallel insurance markets for small businesses.”

Trump doesn’t need a bill in order to kill the ACA.

10/12/2017

The New Republic

Topics:

Healthcare

Trump claims this change will support small business owners, but at least one advocacy group isn’t convinced. In a statement to the New Republic, Small Business Majority Founder and CEO John Arensmyer said Trump’s order “would result in the emergence of parallel insurance markets for small businesses, leading to major spikes in premiums for small firms that remain in the small-group market.” Arensmyer added that the plans offered “fewer consumer safeguards” and concluded, “This administration has shown once again that it cannot and will not accept a simple truth: The ACA has helped...

Governor Signs Jackson Bill for Parental Leave

10/12/2017

Noozhawk.com

Topics:

Family Medical Leave Insurance

An opinion poll, released this year from Small Business Majority and the Center for American Progress, showed that a majority of small business owners — 71 percent — support expanding job protection for family and medical leave to businesses with 20 or more employees.

D.C. business leaders weigh in on paid leave's proposed changes

10/10/2017

Washington Business Journal

Topics:

Family Medical Leave Insurance, Workforce Issues

Erik Rettig, the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic director of the Small Business Majority, urged the council to move forward with implementation rather than entertaining alternatives to the paid leave law, which he said is "the most affordable way for their companies to provide paid leave to their employees."

The new rule allowing them to choose whether to opt out of birth control coverage could lead to a "very slippery slope" where companies seek to pick and choose what parts of the law to follow, said John Arensmeyer, CEO of the Small Business Majority, a coalition of about 55,000 small business members in the U.S. That would further disrupt marketplaces.

Those at the top need it least

10/05/2017

Colorado Springs Gazette

Topics:

Tax and Budget Reform

Although many are claiming that the president's latest tax reform proposal will be a boon to small businesses, as an entrepreneur here in Colorado Springs, I know this plan will really only benefit large corporations and wealthy individuals (Re: "Get Started: Tax plan gets mixed small business reception").

In particular, the proposal's plan to cut the corporate and pass-through rates to 20 percent and 25 percent, respectively, is not going to benefit small businesses like mine. Because most small businesses are organized as pass through entities and the vast...

Small Business Owners With Children Know the Struggle for Work-Life Balance is Real

10/04/2017

The Huffington Post

Topics:

Workforce Issues

Starting a business and starting a family at the same time is no easy feat. Just ask Chanceé Lundy, a new mom who is also co-owner of Nspiregreen LLC in Washington, D.C.

“The cost of child care can be incredibly burdensome for small businesses, especially in large cities,” Chanceé said. “Since I had a child, I’ve had to be very disciplined in juggling my time–particularly because child care facilities where I live are very expensive and typically have a waiting list of one year or more. This can be crippling to a new business owner who did not foresee these issues.”

Letters: Small businesses support parental leave legislation

10/04/2017

Sacramento Bee

Topics:

Family Medical Leave Insurance, Workforce Issues

Re “Union power on display in California’s just-completed legislative session” (sacbee.com, Sept. 18): We hope Gov. Jerry Brown signs Senate Bill 63 into law. It would expand California’s unpaid leave law, and ensure that more employees who use California’s paid family leave program would be guaranteed job protection. Small Business Majority’s polling found 70 percent of small businesses nationwide are in favor of legislation such as SB 63. Small employers know it makes good business sense to take care of their employees, which is why we urge the governor to sign SB 63.